Wow! This first episode was really something else. I was initially appalled at the judges decision to keep Anya in the competition because I, like sweet sweet Tim Gunn questioned her integrity. OMG, (kneeling to Heidi) Heidi is clearly an all knowing fashionista, since she is such a good judge of character with so little information I need to clone her and take her on dates with me. Seriously though, Heidi was spot on in judging Anya's character and tenacity to perform in this competition. I was sad to see Rafael go he appeared to have a great personality, although his outfit was bad I thought Julies was far worse with the elastic holding up her truly fucked up snowboarding on crack ensemble. Therefore, that leads me to this weeks challenge I would like to start a project runway challenge at home using one left over fabric and your most ratty pair of pajamas. So go ahead and reach into the goodwill basket and lets see what we can create at home. Also, I'm curious about comments on these outfits and will keep a running tab, so hopefully by next Thursday there will be a winner on the site.
I will be working with my favorite nightie that is a yellow cotton rib and has gotten seriously disgusting but I love it. I learned to sew in University but I constantly question my technical skills and second guess myself. I however have been inspired tonight by Anya who has even less technical training and produced brilliance. I will be posting a before picture on my form tomorrow of the piece I will be working on this upcoming week. Looking forward to seeing others out there join me in this Project Runway week to week fashion challenge, its an excercise in putting yourself out there either as a designer or fashion critic.
Thursday, July 28, 2011
And So It Begins....
Tonight begins the ninth season of the hit series project runway, and while I enjoy watching the designs come down the runway, listening to the melodic voice of Tim Gun and the squabbles of the designers. At the end of my Thursday nights, I often feel withdrawls. I find myself digging my acrylic nails into my skin, fiending for more drama in the workroom, more of Tim's comments, and most of all the anticipation of the judges reaction.
More importantly though I almost always disagree with the end results of the show. Last season for instance, Gretchen had talent event though it was often hard to remember because she spent most of her time in the workroom bullying sweet sweet Michael C, and pretending to be Tim Gunn's stand-in (as if Gretchen). If I was a betting woman I swear, I would have lost the shirt off my back, because all my money would have been on Mondo. His talent eclipsed the competition, but the judges disagreed.
Which leads me to the purpose of this blog, this season I have decided that I want to be a female Tim Gunn, and I am sure there are readers out there that take on the persona of Nina Garcia, Michael Kors and Heidi Klum. Conversely, there are home trained, and up and coming designers out there that would like a platform for their work to be judged and for exposure, so on this blog we will be re-creating the challenges on project runway. Designers will email their pieces, I will upload and comment, and everyone else following can comment. Obviously, there is NO final prize at Bryant Park, $100,000 and an HP suite. But seeing as how all kinds of jackasses go viral, and create amazing careers seemingly out of thin air (i.e Snooki, entire Housewives Franchise, Rebecca Black....the list can go on and on) I think it might be great exposure for everyone involved. Also, it is like a project runway appetizer in between our Thursday night main course.
More importantly though I almost always disagree with the end results of the show. Last season for instance, Gretchen had talent event though it was often hard to remember because she spent most of her time in the workroom bullying sweet sweet Michael C, and pretending to be Tim Gunn's stand-in (as if Gretchen). If I was a betting woman I swear, I would have lost the shirt off my back, because all my money would have been on Mondo. His talent eclipsed the competition, but the judges disagreed.
Which leads me to the purpose of this blog, this season I have decided that I want to be a female Tim Gunn, and I am sure there are readers out there that take on the persona of Nina Garcia, Michael Kors and Heidi Klum. Conversely, there are home trained, and up and coming designers out there that would like a platform for their work to be judged and for exposure, so on this blog we will be re-creating the challenges on project runway. Designers will email their pieces, I will upload and comment, and everyone else following can comment. Obviously, there is NO final prize at Bryant Park, $100,000 and an HP suite. But seeing as how all kinds of jackasses go viral, and create amazing careers seemingly out of thin air (i.e Snooki, entire Housewives Franchise, Rebecca Black....the list can go on and on) I think it might be great exposure for everyone involved. Also, it is like a project runway appetizer in between our Thursday night main course.
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